Sports with Bryan Wyatt

After the brilliant season they had, I kind of think the Thunder Bay Chill deserved a better fate. They won their semi-final game against Victoria, but ended up on the short side of a 3-1 score to Austin Texas in the Premier Development League final.

It's now just past the halfway point of the long Major League Baseball season, and also the much shorter Northwoods League season for the Border Cats. The Cats have struggled, logging a 13-22 first half ledger.

Congratulations to Patrick Sharp and the Chicago Blackhawks, the 2013 Stanley Cup champions. It was an exciting final series with Boston, culminating with the dramatic conclusion of Game 6.

This has been one of the worst years I have had for making Stanley Cup playoff predictions.

is now the Final Four in the NHL. The four remaining teams battling for the Stanley Cup are the last four teams to have hoisted it. Looking back at my second round predictions, I had three of four correct.

It certainly was an exciting start to the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Game 7 showdowns between Toronto and Boston, Washington and New York, and Detroit and Anaheim. The Canucks were first out, swept by San Jose.

It's that time of year again, Stanley Cup playoff predictions. Starting with the East, Sidney Crosby will come back strong and make the Penguins even more powerful. They should take down the over-matched, but hard-working, Islanders in five.

Obviously a 48-game lockout shortened NHL schedule wasn't what anyone wanted.

For a sports fan, this is one of the best times of the year. Spring is here, and it means the start of another baseball season. The long 162-game Major League begins and each team gets a fresh start.

There can be no doubt Scott Morrison has done a very good job since being hired as the coach of the Lakehead University men's basketball team.